Pro Hadoop

This book is a concise guide to getting started with Hadoop and getting the most out of your
Hadoop clusters. My early experiences with Hadoop were wonderful and stressful. While
Hadoop supplied the tools to scale applications, it lacked documentation on how to use the
framework effectively. This book provides that information. It enables you to rapidly and painlessly
get up to speed with Hadoop. This is the book I wish was available to me when I started
using Hadoop.
Who This Book Is For? This book has three primary audiences: developers who are relatively new to Hadoop or
MapReduce and must scale their applications using Hadoop system administrators who must
deploy and manage the Hadoop clusters and application designers looking for a detailed
understanding of what Hadoop will do for them. Hadoop experts will learn some new details
and gain insights to add to their expertise.